Interlibrary Loans

The following pages provide full details of our Interlibrary Loans service.

Interlibrary Loans over the Christmas Vacation 2025/26

You can request Interlibrary Loans until 9 am on Monday 15th December 2025. The Interlibrary Loan service will pause over the Christmas period and will resume from Monday 5th January 2026.

If you have questions about current requests or need further help, please contact the Interlibrary Loans team at webill@ed.ac.uk before Tuesday 23rd December.

 Thank you for your understanding.

 

The Interlibrary Loan service (ILL) is one way to obtain material which is not held by the University of Edinburgh.

A guide to using DiscoverEd for requesting and tracking Interlibrary Loan materials using your Library Account.

Details of how much it costs to use the service and how to pay for requests.

Details of how to obtain your Interlibrary Loan items, loan periods, renewals and recalls, and what to do if an item is lost.

Information on copyright restrictions and requesting Interlibrary loans for commercial purposes.

ILL services can be provided for registered Library borrowers who are not members of the University and for external institutions

Any alerts about the ILL service will appear here.

Contact the Interlibrary Loans Team for further help and advice.